...diplomacy on the Eastern Question. But what about the Treaty of 1871, in which the Powers " recognize it as an essential principle of the law of nations that...Contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement Ì " This has been often quoted as if it precluded 'action- against Turkey on the part of any of the...

...recognised “that it is an essential l)rinciPle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself 239 from the engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations...Contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement. It is impossible for Her Majesty's Government, without violating the spirit of this Declaration, to...

...contracting parties ; and, on the proposal of Earl Granville, the following protocol was signed :— "The plenipotentiaries of North Germany, of Austria-Hungary,...Russia, and of Turkey, assembled to-day in conference, recognise that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no power can liberate itself...

...restored by the Treaty of London, 1871 ; the Protocol to which stated, that the Powers recognised " that it is an essential principle of the Law of " Nations that none of them can liberate itself from the " engagements of a Treaty, nor modify the stipulations "...

...neutralisation of the Black Sea. This " unanimity furnishes a striking proof that the Powers " recognise that it is an essential principle of the law of " nations that none of them can liberate itself from the " engagements of a treaty, nor modify the stipulations "...

...of the powers, signatary of the Treaty of Paris, as could attend was held, at which it was declared that ' it is an essential principle of the law of...contracting powers by means of an amicable arrangement.' The general correctness of the principle is indisputable, and in a declaration of the kind made it...

...themselves, they did not depart from the principle of the Black Sea Conference, which laid down— " That it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations...can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty or modify the stipulations thereof unless with the consent of the contracting Powers by means of an...

...as to non-alteration of Treaties tnthout consent of Contracting Parties. London, llth January, 1871. The Plenipotentiaries of North Germany, of Austria-Hungary,...Russia, and of Turkey, assembled to-day in Conference, recognise that it is an essential principle of the Law of Nations that no Power can liberate itself...

...Russia over Turkey, ‘ and protesting against the alteration or modification of the terms without the ‘ consent of the contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement' The Ru8sian reply to this circular showed no intention of yieldbig, and war preparations were actively...

...Treaty of 1856;' and as the plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, including Eussia, recognized in 1871 that it is an essential principle of the law of nations...contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement, Eussia, one of the Powers which signed that declaration, is bound to submit its new treaty to Europe....